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Do not sign up with the first trainer you encounter! If you're interested in MCSE certification, you have plenty of options to choose from. And finding them is simple. Log onto AltaVista, Yahoo!, or any of the other major Internet search engines, and run the following search: "MCSE certification." Take a look at several training providers. Of course you're going to call the ones with the best fit for you. For starters, make sure they're accredited by the vendor/ product or industry standard for which they're training. For example, if a site or service provides training and certification for Microsoft products, it will have a small, widely recognized logo that says "Microsoft Certified Solution Provider." If you acquire a computer-based training (CBT) CD-ROM product with a manual, find out what it covers. For example, does it include actual, automated tests similar to what you can expect from the certification exams? "We sell bundled products;' says Gary Tippner, owner of BadDog's Training Planet (http://www.trainingplanet.com). "These bundles can include coursework (on CDs or videos, or a combination), plus books and training materials." Tippner says most of the good packages also include "a CD, which is an exam simulator, as if you're sitting down at a Sylvan terminal--and it will grade you. You just keep taking the tests until you feel ready for the exams." Also, it's important to know the pass rate for a provider's training curricula. Khizer, of PC Age Network Engineering Institute, boasts a 94-percent pass rate for its Microsoft certification. Other CBT training materials tout similar rates. If the training-self-directed or otherwise--doesn't reference or track a pass rate, then maybe you should look elsewhere. Remember, you have plenty of options. Above all, job experience is most important, and will always take you farther than any piece of paper. But obtaining a certificate is a clear demonstration of technical expertise in a given area, and may bridge the difference between an average salary and the really big bucks. | ||||||
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